Improved bed-bottom



noaa gaat' THOMAS PAYNE, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB TO WALTER WILKINS @anni @Mira AND ADELMEB D. PLUMB, OF SAME IPLAOE.

Letters Patent No. 91,259, dated .Tune 15, 1869.

IIMPROVED BED-BOTTOM.

The-Bichedule referred to in these Letters` Patent and xaldngput o! th Mmm `To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS- PAYNE, of Grand is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, ,which .will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is "a side vview of my improved spring-bed bottom.

Figure 2-is a top or plan view of the same, part being broken away, to show the construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has forits object to'furnish a simple,

strong, durable, and elastic spring-bed bottom, and one whieh shall be so constructed -and arranged as not to bel'liable to get out of order.; and

It consists in the combination and arrangement of ythe springs with the -longitudinal and cross-slats of .the bed-bottom, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are the lower cross-slats of the bed-bottom, the ends of which rest uponI cleats, or shouldersattached to or formed upon t e siderails of the bedstead.

B are two longitu inal slats, which rest upon, and are secured to the cross-slats A, near their ends.

O are bent, or bow-springs, the lower, end`sof which are secured to the cross-bars A, and to theupper ends of which are secured the cross-slats D. The springs O should be arranged with their bend, or bow toward the ends of the bed-bottom, as shown in gs. 1 and 2, and any desired number of said springs may be used, according to the weight of the person or persons who are to use the bed Itis generally advisable to use a larger number of lsprings O at the head than at the foot of the bed-bottom, as being required to sustain a greater weight. e

E'are the side-springs, the lower ends of which are attached to the Alongitudinal slats B, near their middle parts, and their upper ends are attached to the inner edges of the upper cross-slats D, as shown in fig. 1.

F are the longitudinal slats, which rest upon, and are secured to the cross-slats D, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, and upon which the bed rests.

If desired, thesiats D may be kept frombeing raised too high, by the elasticity of the springs C, by means of tape, webbing, or other-ilexible straps, or bands G, connecting the cross-bars A and D, as'shown inl iig. 1. Y

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

The combination of the end-springs O and sidesprings E with the cross-slats A and D, and with the longitudinal 'slats B and F, substantially as herein shovi'nfand described, and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS PAYNE.

Witnesses L. BEMENT, G. Onnsn Gonwm. 

